Joe O'Connor is an American actor best known for playing Marshall Darling, father of the title character in the television series ''

Clarissa Explains It All ''Clarissa Explains It All'' is an American teen sitcom created by Mitchell Kriegman for Nickelodeon. In the series, Clarissa Darling ( Melissa Joan Hart), is a teenager who addresses the audience directly to explain the things that are happenin ...

''.Morgan Jeffery (July 12, 2011)
Melissa Joan Hart: 'Clarissa and Sam were platonic'
''Digital Spy''.

Career

O'Connor's first television role was in the TV series ''

Emergency! ''Emergency!'' is an American action-adventure medical drama television series jointly produced by Mark VII Limited and Universal Television. Debuting on NBC as a midseason replacement on January 15, 1972, replacing the two short-lived situatio ...

'' in 1979, playing a sailor in the episode "The Convention". He gained fame when he joined the cast of the television series ''

'' (1991–1994), in which he played Marshall Darling, father of the title character. After this, he only appeared in several episodes of other television series, and to several TV and feature films. In 1996, he appeared in the episode ""A Girl and Her Cat" of ''

Sabrina, the Teenage Witch ''Sabrina the Teenage Witch'' is a comic book series published by Archie Comics about the adventures of a fictional American teenager named Sabrina Spellman. Sabrina was created by writer George Gladir and artist Dan DeCarlo, and first appeared ...

'', which reunited him with

Melissa Joan Hart Melissa Joan Hart (born April 18, 1976) is an American actress, producer, and director. She had starring roles as the title characters in the sitcoms ''Clarissa Explains It All'' (1991–1994), ''Sabrina the Teenage Witch'' (1996–2003), and ''M ...

, who played the main character in both ''Sabrina'' and ''Clarissa''. He later appeared on other TV series including ''

Friends ''Friends'' is an American television sitcom created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman, which aired on NBC from September 22, 1994, to May 6, 2004, lasting ten seasons. With an ensemble cast starring Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa ...

'' (in 1997), ''

Malcolm in the Middle ''Malcolm in the Middle'' is an American family television sitcom created by Linwood Boomer for Fox. The series premiered on January 9, 2000, and ended on May 14, 2006, after seven seasons and 151 episodes. The series follows a dysfunctional ...

'' (2003), ''

Melrose Place ''Melrose Place'' is an American prime time television soap opera that aired on Fox from July 8, 1992, to May 24, 1999, for seven seasons. The show follows the lives of a group of young adults living in an apartment complex on Melrose Place, in ...

'' (three episodes in 2008), ''

Without a Trace ''Without a Trace'' is an American police procedural drama television series created by Hank Steinberg that aired on CBS from September 26, 2002 to May 19, 2009 with the total of seven seasons and 160 episodes. The series focuses the cases of ...

'' (2008), ''Private'' (four episodes in 2009), ''

Mad Men ''Mad Men'' is an American period drama television series created by Matthew Weiner and produced by Lionsgate Television. It ran on the cable network AMC from July 19, 2007, to May 17, 2015, lasting for seven seasons and 92 episodes. Its fict ...

'' (in six episodes, between 2007 and 2013) and ''

The Young and the Restless ''The Young and the Restless'' (often abbreviated as ''Y&R'') is an American television soap opera created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell for CBS. The show is set in fictional Genoa City (not the real-life similarly-named Genoa City, Wi ...

'' (in four episodes, in 2011). Films in which he has appeared include ''A Bedtime Story'' (1997), ''

The Chaos Factor ''The Chaos Factor'' is a 2000 Action film, action-Thriller (genre), thriller film starring Antonio Sabàto Jr. and Fred Ward. Plot In this military thriller, intelligence officer Jack Poynt (Antonio Sabàto Jr.) discovers evidence of a CIA-bac ...

'' (2000) and ''

Exposed Expose, exposé, or exposed may refer to: News sources * Exposé (journalism), a form of investigative journalism * '' The Exposé'', a British conspiracist website Film and TV Film * ''Exposé'' (film), a 1976 thriller film * ''Exposed'' (1932 ...

'' (2003). Television films in which he has appeared include ''Taking Back Our Town'' and ''

When Billie Beat Bobby ''When Billie Beat Bobby'' is a 2001 American sports comedy-drama television film written and directed by Jane Anderson that details the historic 1973 " The Battle of the Sexes" tennis match between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs and what led ...

''.

Filmography

References

External links

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:OConnor, Joe Living people American male television actors Year of birth missing (living people) American male film actors 20th-century American male actors 21st-century American male actors